HF spectrum is precious. Each user has to obey specific rule – of ITU and his own country. For best communications, there have been assigned exclusive band for different user groups. The amateur radio bands for hams are among them.

“Intruder Watch” is to look out for stations which do have no legitimation to transmit on the frequencies they use. These signals can originate from broadcasters, bad transmitters with their fundamental on a legitimate frequency, broadcast, military (OTHR RADAR!), diplomatic …

Amateur radio with it’s relatively small transmitters and antennas is especially prone to be disturbed by intruders. SDRs, software and a specific workflow (see illustration on top of this page) offer an as easy as complete monitoring of such bands on a 24/7 base at low costs.

This paper shows how that can be done: monitoring and analyzing on a professional level.